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Won 2 Oscars. Another 12 wins & 28 nominations

Rated R for sexuality/nudity and language. 


"Frida" chronicles the life Frida Kahlo (Salma Hayek) shared unflinchingly 

and openly with Diego Rivera (Alfred Molina), as the young couple took 

the art world by storm. From her complex and enduring relationship with her mentor

and husband to her illicit and controversial affair with Leon Trotsky, 

to her provocative and romantic entanglements with women, Frida Kahlo lived 

a bold and uncompromising life as a political, artistic, and sexual revolutionary.  Written by Anonymous 


      Interview:

      SALMA HAYEK (Frida Kahlo)

You've been passionate about this project for a long time.
Eight years.

What was it about this woman that really inspired you?

There was something about the woman and there was something about the time 

the woman lived in. About the woman: her courage to be unique. She was never 

conventional about anything she did. She was always herself and it was not easy. 

She started exploring her womanhood at a very early age. She got caught with a 

librarian right before the accident. She was not allowed to go back to the school

after the accident because of this. It's not in any books, but Alejandro

[Gomez Arias] said, "How could you do this to me? How could you do this, period?" 

She said, "That's who I am."

She was never apologetic about who she was. She did little paintings that nobody

liked. She lived with this monster of the art. She was not influenced by what 

he was doing; she never changed. Even though people would never buy it, she kept 

true to her own style.

I think also, the fact that she took all these different tragedies or 

difficulties and made the best out of them. [She] not only made the best out of 

them, but did it in an interesting way. From paint, she did art and poetry. 

From the infidelities of her husband, she found freedom.


Could you relate to her?

I would like to learn from her. It is definitely an inspiration and I'd like to 

take it in. I'm working on it.


What did you do to physically get into the role? Did you actually shave your upper

lip?

I did that but it didn't work. Now, I'm stuck with it. I had a shoe that was one 

centimeter taller than the other one. It was very difficult to know exactly where 

she stood on the limping. I talked to many people that knew her and some people 

would say she never limped, some people would say she always limped, and some 

people would say she limped sometimes. So what I did is have the shoe bigger than 

the other one and then try not to limp, try to hide it. But then at times when I 

thought she was very tired or going through a hard time, I would surrender to 

whatever that did naturally. I'd stop trying.


Do you believe the romance between Frida and Diego Rivera was based on obsession 

or passion?

I think there was always passion. I think there were very profound elements that 

transformed the passion, not just for sexuality, but they really had passion for 

each other in many different levels. The passion was not just passion but actually 

transformed into true love. I think these people learned, through the years, to 

accept each other exactly as they were and to love each other exactly for what 

they were.

I think that Frida was the only woman that kept challenging Diego for the right 

reasons - and she always surprised him. I think he truly believed she was a genius 

and he was the only one who had a vision for it, or the strongest vision for it. 

When he dies, he leaves a document that says the house that they lived in, 

the blue house, has to become a museum for Frida Kahlo. Had it not been for his 

vision, we probably would have never discovered Frida - if she hadn't had that 

museum. He knew that at the time she was not appreciated, but he knew there was 

going to come a generation that was going to totally get her.

I think there are very profound symbols of love in this story. What I like about 

this story, aside from the fact that it's completely different than any love story 

I've ever seen, is that it's not a story about falling in love. It's a story about 

staying in love. People don't want to make those stories because they're not as 

romantic. They're very hard to tell.


Did this character stay with you or could you get out of it easily?

I can break it very easily because she's been in my life since I was 14 and she's 

still in my life today. It stays in my heart. So, I don't feel a complete 

detachment. I can break away from trying to be her, or feeling that I am her or 

trying to play her, because still she's around.


How did you handle some of the bisexual scenes?

It's not a big deal. You have to be somebody. This is what that person was into. 

The same way when you have to get into somebody that you're not attracted to. They 

have bad breath and you have to pretend you're in love.

:-)

Cred ca este unul dintre primele filme care mi-a marcat existenta si m-a facut sa 

ma apropii cumva ireversibil, de arta, artisti, de filmele biografice, de teatru, 

precum si de tot ce-i teatral - costume, decoruri, culori, emotii (?) :-) ...

si nu mai stiu acum, ah, si de oameni, dar impreuna cu emotiile lor, atat de cele

frumoase cat si de cele chinuitoare. 

Aceleiasi idei subscrie si filmul "Modigliani", despre pictorul si sculptorul cu acelasi nume.

Din cate observ, n-am vauzt multe filme biografice. Macar stiu ce vreau sa vad de acum,

biografii in general, dar in special, acele biografii care descriu vietile artistilor.

Culoarea, muzica, iubirea, suferinta, si iar iubirea au miros de viata ... mmmhh, yummy.

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